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Ring for Jeeves
“It was a confusion of ideas between him and one of the lions he was hunting in Kenya that had caused A. B. Spottsworth to make the obituary column. He thought the lion was dead, and the lion thought it wasn’t.” P.G. Wodehouse in Ring for Jeeves
Tibetian Buddhism from the ground up
“‘Righteous hatred’ is in the same category as ‘righteous cancer’or ‘righteous tuberculosis’. All of them are absurd concepts.” Allan Wallace in Tibetian Buddhism from the Ground up
How to be a Brit
“If a continental youth wants to declare his love to a girl, he kneels down, tells her that she is the sweetest, the most charming and ravishing person in the world, that she has something in her, something peculiar and individual which only a few hundred thousand other women have and that he would be […]
Dave Barry turns 40
“Mother Nature, in her infinite wisdom, has installed within each of us, a powerful biological instinct to reproduce; this is her way of assuring that that the human race, come what may, will never have any disposable income.” – Dave Barry in Dave Barry Turns 40
After a While
After a while you learn the subtle difference Between holding a hand and chaining a soul And you learn that love doesn’t mean leaning And company doesn’t mean security. And you begin to learn that kisses aren’t contracts And presents aren’t promises. And you begin to accept your defeats With your head up and your eyes open […]
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The Tag
Responding to my daughter’s open tag. Quoting her: In this tag, a bunch of Harry Potter spells each carry a question which you have to answer. All of them are book related. I really am not sure who to tag. … Continue reading
Dry talk
I am in that awful phase where I can’t seem to settle on a book to read. I started a Nabokov, and although I think very highly of Nabokov, I couldn’t persist. I started Terry Pratchett’s Discworld, but got distracted. Part of … Continue reading
Pigs have wings
There are times in my life when chemical-driven emotions throw a party in the brain. Such times are not particularly conducive to reading a Nabokov, brilliant as it may be, and the Bronte sisters had better take their romantic drivel … Continue reading
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child
Yes, the book was released yesterday in our part of the world. We were among the first in our city to buy it (having preordered it months earlier), and the kid, despite her fever (or perhaps because of), speed read … Continue reading
Jane Eyre
The most important thing to remember when one reads old classics is that it was written in a different era and setting and that there is no point getting worked up because the hero is a brusque man in the … Continue reading
The Transit of Venus
I have a another blog in which I collect interesting quotes from various sources. If I were to post quotes from The Transit of Venus by Shirley Hazard, I would have to include the entire novel. Never have I read a book … Continue reading
Resuming Booksplore with Emma
There was a time in my life when classics bored the heck out of me. Pulp fiction was the way to go (James Rollins, anyone?), and anything that did not have a couple of murders did not go well with … Continue reading
Books not read, Jan 2012
My life is just one big sine curve. Sharp ones at that. There’d be months when I would simply devour books like there was no tomorrow. Soon after would come a brief period where not a single book would seem … Continue reading
Books I read – Nov 2011
The saga of Pulitzer has been rudely terminated by the steady deterioration of opinion. The Stone Diaries was ok, but it went downhill from then on with A Thousand Acres making me want to gouge someone’s eyes out. I … Continue reading
A thousand acres – my opinion
Pre-script: Fans of Jane Smiley (or Arundhati Roy, or Aravind Adiga) must stay off this post. If you choose to read and get offended, remember that you were warned. I will not approve your comments. I believe that award … Continue reading
